A beautiful sunset reflection: the Columbia River Gorge (Summer, 2011)
This morning I woke up and got out of bed much earlier than I’m accustomed to. I got up, and groggily drank the coffee my kind husband had prepared for me, out of the well-insulated to-go cup he had set out on the counter. As I sipped, and came to, I began reading the Jan. 3 entry in The Book of Awakening, by Mark Nepo. It was the passage entitled, “Unlearning Back to God.”
I read the words on the page, and drank it in, along with my delicious cup of hot coffee. It was a good way to wake up – as I pondered the beauty that is life – and waited for the sun to rise. I won’t spoil it for you by sharing too much of what I read this morning, but I will share my personal thoughts, which I penned before facing the day:
Starting fresh — embracing the morning — thankful for each new day and the opportunity it affords me to live life and find happiness; to have another chance to grow and change, and be the precious human, I AM. Finding that “…unencumbered spot…the spot of grace that issues peace” (The Book of Awakening, Mark Nepo, 2000).
Faith in the Future, Out of the Now. 